Shoe having a vamp and strap secured directly to the heel



Nov. 8, 1955 J. J. WALSH 2,722,755

SHOE HAVING A VAMP AND STRAP SECURED DIRECTLY TO THE HEEL Filed Aug. 6, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN V EN TOR.

BY c/oAn c/. ll a/s/r Nov. 8, 1955 J. J. WALSH 2,722,755

SHOE HAVING A VAMP AND STRAP SECURED DIRECTLY TO THE HEEL Filed Aug. 6, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTO United States Patent SHOE HAVING A VAMP AND. STRAP SECURED DIRECTLY TO THE HEEL John James Walsh, Jeiferson County, Mo., assignor to Johnson, Stephens anrl Shinkle Shoe Company, St. Louis, Mo.,.acorporation ofMissouri;

ApplicationAugusl 1,951, SerialNo. 240,481

Claims. (Cl; 36-195) The invention relates to shoes and is particularly adapted for use in ladies lightweight footwear, although not limited to any particular type of shoes.

The invention embodies the assembling of the upper and the shoe heel to preform the shoe before it is lasted as distinguished from the usual assembly of an insole with a quarter and a vamp on the last, thereby preforming the shoe, before the heel is applied.

One object of the invention is to reduce manufacturing costs by eliminating some of the usual shoemaking operations such as separately lasting the quarter and the vamp to the insole.

Another object is to avoid driving tacks from the outer side of the insole through its inner face where they may be clinched with their projecting portions positioned next to the sock lining and the users foot.

Another object is to secure the quarter or vamp, or both, directly to the heel and independently of the insole and thereby avoid a tendency of the quarter and vamp to pull the insole away from the heel with each step in walking. This will maintain a tight line between the upper and insole and the heel and avoid their separation.

These and other detailed objects are attained by the structure illustrated in the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan of the vamp portion of a toeless shoe upper with its outside face uppermost.

Figure 2 is a plan of a heel cover with its inside face uppermost.

Figure 3 is a plan of a quarter strap with its inside face uppermost.

Figure 4 is a top view of the heel cover, with quarter straps attached, and the vamp secured together.

Figure 5 is a composite side elevation of the heel cover and vamp and of a heel, with which they are about to be assembled, the heel cover being turned 360 about its connections to the vamp from the position shown in Figure 4 so that the outer faces of the vamp and heel cover face outwardly of the shoe.

Figure 6 is a top view of the assembled heel, heel cover, quarter straps and vamp and showing the preformed shoe.

Figure 7 is a vertical longitudinal section through a last having an insole tacked thereto and the preformed shoe, as shown in Figure 6, assembled with the last and insole.

Figure 8 is a bottom view of the assembly shown in Figure 7.

The vamp 1, as shown in Figure 1, comprises a body portion 2, notched at 3 to form a toeless front end and having laterally and rearwardly extending wings 4. A similarly shaped lining may be stitched to the vamp at 5 but the attachment of the lining forms no part of the present invention.

The heel cover 6 includes a central body portion 7 with outwardly and forwardly extending wings 8. The shoe quarter straps 9 are stitched or cemented to the heel cover preferably before assembly with other shoe parts. v

Before being assembled together, the vamp outer face is marked at 10 and 11 and the heel cover inner face is marked: at- 12, 13 and 1 and its outenface'is marked at 15 and 16. Each quarter strap has one end doubled-over a s-indicated at-1-7-to form a loopfor an ankle strap, not shown. The inside face of the strap is marked at- 18; Straps 9': are first secured: to the outer face, of heel cover 6 by applying thestrap to-the heel cover as shown in dotdash. lines in Figure 2 with the strapbetween markings 15 and withmar-ks 1:8: and 1.6 aligned; The strap and heel' cover are then stitchedtogether: as at 19;

Tiheheel. cover, with straps- 9 attached, is then secured to. the vamp (Figure 4),- lappingthe wings of the: heel cover, as shown inFigure-Z, over the wings of the vamp, as: shown in Figure 1 and placing: the outer margins of wings 8'. alongside marks 10:: on. the vamp with marks'll and 1 3'. aligned and: stitching the parts: together along lines 12 and 13. Or the parts may be cemented together with the overlapped wings in the positions determined by the marks.

The relative position of the faces of the vamp and heel cover tabs are then reversed by turning the vamp 360 about its attachment to the heel cover and placing these parts in the position shown in Figure 5 with the outside faces of the vamp and heel cover facing outwardly of the shoe.

The assembled vamp and heel cover are then applied to the heel preferably by first cementing the heel cover to the heel, the position of the heel cover on the heel being determined by the alignment of heel cover marks 14 with marks 21 at the center of the heel rear (Figure 6). The portions 22 of straps 9, projecting from the upper margin of the heel cover, are turned in and tacked or otherwise secured direct to the top face of the heel as indicated at 23. The tabs 24 on the vamp, extending beyond the margins of the heel cover wings 8, are then tacked or otherwise directly secured to the shank portion of the heel as indicated at 25.

As best shown in Figure 6, the shoe is now preformed, its general contour having been determined by the assembly of upper parts 1 and 9 and heel cover 6 to the heel.

The shoe is then placed over a last 26 to which an insole 27 has been tacked. The insole shown in Figure 7 is of the padded type. Cement is then applied to the surface of the insole facing vamp away from the last and the marginal portions of the vamp are turned over the insole as indicated at 28 (Figure 8) and cemented or otherwise secured thereto.

The outer sole (not shown) is then applied to the shoe by cementing or stitching by familiar operations and the shoe otherwise completed.

Since the quarter straps and vamp are secured directly to the heel, and pull asserted upon the upper or the quarter straps during walking will be transmitted directly to the heel independently of the insole and this avoids lifting of the heel during the walking steps solely by its connection to the insole, as is the case with ordinary shoes.

As tacks 23 and 25 are applied, they are driven downwardly into the heel with their heads uppermost and adjacent to the inner sole or sock lining, applied later, and there are no points or clinched ends forming projections extending towards the foot of the user.

The details of the parts and steps described may be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention and the exclusive use of such modifications as come within the scope of the claims is contemplated.

What is claimed is:

1. In a shoe, a heel, a heel cover, a vamp and a quarter strap secured to the heel cover, and provided with projecting tabs overlying the top of the heel, tacks projecting through said tabs into the heel, and an insole overlying the heel and said tabs and tacks.

Patenteth Nova 8, 1955 2. In a shoe, a heel, a heel cover, a vamp, and quarter strap secured directly to the heel cover and provided with a tab projecting beyond the edge of the heel cover and overlying the top of the heel, means securing said tab directly to the heel, and an insole overlying the heel and said tab.

3. In a shoe, a heel, a vamp, and a heel cover, said heel cover being secured directly to said vamp at points spaced from the marginal edges thereof to define vamp tabs projecting beyond the edge of the heel cover, means securing said vamp tabs directly to the upper face of the heel, and an insole overlying the heel and the vamp tabs.

4. In a shoe, a heel, a vamp, a heel cover, and quarter strap secured directly to said heel cover and each provided with a tab projecting beyond the edge of the heel cover and overlying the top of the heel, means securing said quarter strap tabs directly to the heel, said heel cover being secured directly to said vamp at points spaced from the marginal edge thereof to define vamp tabs projecting beyond the edge of the heel cover, means securing said vamp tabs directly to the upper face of the heel, and an insole overlying the heel, quarter strap tabs, and vamp tabs.

5. In a shoe, a heel, a vamp, a heel cover, an insole, said heel cover and vamp having adjacent end portions overlapping, and stitches connecting said overlapping end portions but spaced from the ends thereof, the vamp margins between the stitches and the end of the vamp end portion being turned under the insole and secured thereto.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,208,104 Perugia -July 16, 1940 2,321,713 Turner June 15, 1943 2,339,993 Hollander Jan. 25, 1944 2,386,786 Famolare Oct. 16, 1945 2,468,863 Burns May 3, 1949 

